South Korea Court Says North Korea Must Pay for Blown-Up Meeting Office

On September 16, 2026, Seoul Central District Court said North Korea must pay South Korea 44.6 billion won, about $32.5 million, for blowing up their shared meeting office in Kaesong in June 2020. The office opened in September 2018 and paused work in January 2020. Getting the money looks hard, so the ruling may count more as a bargaining chip.